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Carbon County commissioners approve routine motions, pass ambulance-district dissolution notice and small pass-through agreements
Summary
The board approved several consent items, a county tax refund, a memorandum of understanding for predator-control pass-throughs to the Montana Wool Growers Association, a USDA cooperative enforcement agreement, and published a resolution of intent to dissolve an ambulance district.
During the session the Carbon County Commission handled routine business before the High Ridge hearing. Actions approved included a county tax refund request for a misclassified parcel, a memorandum of understanding to pass predator-control assessments through to the Montana Wool Growers Association, a cooperative law-enforcement agreement with the U.S. Forest Service, and the consent agenda.
Specific outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript:
- Tax refund: The board approved refunding the county portion of a 2024 tax bill for property owned by Michael Pilate; county staff explained that only the county portion is refundable under state law. The county portion figures discussed included a county accounting total of $6,368.18 (other entity amounts such as state school mills are not refundable by the county).
- Montana Wool Growers MOU: The commission approved a memorandum of understanding to pass through up to $1,040.40 for predator-control assessments to the Montana Wool Growers Association.
- USDA Forest Service cooperative agreement: The commission approved a cooperative law enforcement and operating plan with a stated amount ($5,500) to support patrol/enforcement activities.
- Consent agenda: The regular consent agenda (including an $1,800 purchase request for new computers and previously dated proceedings) was accepted by motion.
- Ambulance district: The commission approved Resolution 2025-18, a resolution of intent to dissolve the Red Lodge Providence Ambulance District; staff outlined the protest period and the procedure for winding up assets and transferring ongoing service funding.
These motions were carried by voice votes as recorded in the public transcript; specific roll-call tallies were not provided in the record for each item.
